Coinbase ramping up remote hiring in 2025, paying up to $340k salaries
2024 was a massive year for Coinbase. Its stock price boomed, and it got back to its hiring ways with the fintech's most prolific period since 2022. Hiring is accelerating in 2025, but the focus is shifting significantly towards remote jobs.
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When we examined remote jobs in fintech at large last May, 41.6% of Coinbase's 226 open roles were available remotely. Today, the fintech has 303 openings, of which 80.9% are remote positions.
Coinbase has 245 remote roles, 105 of which are in engineering and data science, with roles ranging from executives to interns. The most senior role is an engineering leader for the Coinbase Developer Platform, which pays up to $340k in salary alone.
The majority of Coinbase's remote roles are US based, but the second most prominent country is Canada. There are 42 remote roles available in the country, predominantly in product and engineering. Major fintechs including Coinbase and Robinhood have been building out tech hubs in the country over the past few years; Coinbase had over 200 engineers working in the country as of 2023. The highest available salary in Canada is for a regional chief compliance officer, who can earn up to $237k CAD ($164.4k USD), while the top engineering salary is $211.5k CAD ($146.7k USD).
New senior hires are already joining in remote roles. Travis Freeman joined remotely as head of KYC; he spent the last seven years at rival crypto firm Gemini, where he was a director, and worked at hedge fund Citadel before that.
Coinbase employees seem to love its approach to remote work. In reviews on jobs forum Blind, remote working is one of the most frequently cited positives, with reviews calling it "great for work-life balance and mental health."
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